Has anyone remembered when people talked about Victor Wembanyama starting the season with some doubts? It happened less than three weeks ago. But thanks to his exhibitions, the Frenchman has made it seem like a debate from another century.
Because the Wemby after those two initial missteps against OKC and Houston seems to come from another species. Aggressive, powerful, unstoppable. Ambitious, as if he carries a continual need to prove to the world and to himself what he is capable of. He makes his mark on the court on every possession and his numbers grow exponentially with every minute. And so, he is capable of delivering some unimaginable statistical feats for the rest. As happened this night in Phoenix.
With the Spurs winning without trouble by a comfortable 96-122, one might imagine that Mitch Johnson would rest his star and that Victor wouldn’t have a chance to accumulate so many statistics. And the first part came true. With his team dominating a Suns they outclassed without effort, the Frenchman logged only 25 minutes on the floor. The thing is that in those 25 minutes he managed to finish with 40 points, 11 rebounds, and 9 blocks in another absolutely monstrous performance.
WEMBY POSTS 40+ POINTS, 10+ REBOUNDS AND 8+ BLOCKS FOR THE SECOND TIME IN A WEEK 🤯
👽 40 PTS (15-19 FGM)
👽 11 REB
👽 9 BLKHe joins Kareem and the Admiral as the only players since 1973-74 with multiple 40/10/8 games… and NO ONE has done so in only 25 minutes. https://t.co/QXQv7488ds
— NBA (@NBA) November 10, 2026
Gaining ground more and more as he finds his path to the basket off the ball, Wembanyama doesn’t need many minutes or opportunities to post huge scoring numbers. His 15/19 shooting, most of them from just a few centimeters from the rim, allowed him to pile up his stats and widen the margin, and his combination of size and work rate also propelled his rebound and blocked-shot totals. And thus, that nearly unrivaled stat line arrived.
And no other player had finished a game with +40 points, +10 rebounds and +8 blocks since Dwight Howard in 2009. But for Wemby, this is merely the watered-down version of the 55/24/8 he achieved five days earlier against the Mavericks. With both performances, he has become the third player in history to notch two nights with those figures alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and David Robinson, and with the savage pace at which the season has started and the heated battle with Luka Dončić for MVP, who knows what else lies ahead.
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The display was so overwhelming that even his opponents had to acknowledge Wembanyama’s greatness. Devin Booker stated that it’s something we had never seen before, while Jordan Ott emphasized how mentally tough it is to face him: “He’s capable of scoring from everywhere, but when he gets a mismatch literally they launch the ball to the top of the backboard and he dunks. When he enters that rhythm it’s discouraging. But he does it from any position.”
